capacity
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"In our study, pesticides began to accumulate in queens over time, suggesting that worker filtration capacity can be overwhelmed," Encerrado-Manriquez said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
And they had the capacity to do it.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
A Homeland Security spokesperson previously told The Times that it’s crucial for ICE to own detention centers on the West Coast so the agency can maintain the detention capacity it needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Physiologically, there has been no significant improvement in our tool-making capacity over the last 30,000 years.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
This tournament features more matches than ever before, and North American stadiums have enormous capacities to accommodate even more fans, naturally upping the consumption of this World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
For others, including retired state employees speaking in their individual capacities, the planned operation is long overdue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
As such, the law says, Hawaii “possesses plenary authority to determine the powers and capacities of the artificial persons it creates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Wemmick replied, “I don’t know her story,—that is, I don’t know all of it. But what I do know I’ll tell you. We are in our private and personal capacities, of course.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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